Evaluation of Trichoderma spp. as a biocontrol agent against wood decay fungi in urban trees

Biological Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-123

  Schubert, Mark ^a,b   Fink, Siegfried ^b   Schwarze, Francis W M R ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonistic activity; Biological wound treatment; RAPD PCR; Wood decay fungi

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FUNGI; GANODERMA; GANODERMA ADSPERSUM; GANODERMA LIPSIENSE; INONOTUS HISPIDUS; KRETZSCHMARIA DEUSTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PLATANUS; POLYPORUS; POLYPORUS SQUAMOSUS; POPULUS NIGRA; QUERCUS RUBRA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 40249111473     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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